2.SemiFinal2015

Like every year eurovisionlive.com is deciding how many stars will be given to the participating countries in advance. This star will be shown on each country profile page. This decision is based on the video clips, first impression, the mighty potential and the experience from the past years, what could work and what won’t. The main question is: how much chance the entries will have to win?

Like every year eurovisionlive.com is deciding how many stars will be given to the participating countries in advance. This star will be shown on each country profile page. This decision is based on the video clips, first impression, the mighty potential and the experience from the past years, what could work and what won’t. The main question is: how much chance the entries will have to win?

This was not an easy task, but it has been done in a fair and thoughtful agreement. These points do not reflect our personal taste, but the general chances of winning the ESC.

Each of our five team members has ordered all countries from 1-40 and gave points vice versa from 40 points down to 1 point. The #1 country receives 40 points; the #2 country receives 39 points and so on. The last place #40 receives 1 point. Altogether everybody could give 820 points, but no point more or less. At a maximum on country could get 200 points, but only in that case if every team member would have given 40 points.

There is a certain amount of points for each country which qualifies for a star. A minimum of 26 points is necessary to reach 1 star, up to 99 points it’s 2 stars, until 144 points it’s 3 stars and up to 174 points its 4 stars. From 175 points upwards it’s 5 stars. The internal rule that at least three countries must receive 5 stars has not been used as three countries have reached the necessary point level.At the end there were three clear favourites: 1. Sweden with 192 points, 2. Norway with 177 points and Italy with 176 points. All these three countries automatically received our highest star awards of 5 stars.

Even if Estonia with 154 points and Slovenia with 151 did not reach the highest level, we upgraded these two countries to the 5 star level. This is due to a clear trend of the majority of the team members, while there was only one team member with a very low vote.

About me: As one of the founders of eurovisionlive.com I am responsible for the interviews with the singers and the editorial content. My passion for the Eurovision Song Contest exists since my early childhood. The exotic music, different cultures and languages have given a lot of inspiration to me. Since my very first ESC in Dublin 1994 I particularly appreciate the get together and friendship of all the nationalities and Riverdance was a thrill!